Hot Phase of Fights Starts in Eastern and Southern Ukraine

What happens on the major fronts of the war.

Ukraine has been fighting for its freedom for 58 days. It is noted that the occupiers have intensified combat operations along the entire line of contact in the Donetsk and Tavria directions during the day. The enemy is holding attack actions near the village of Zarechnoye and up to a battalion is attempting to advance near the village of Rubizhne. Defensive battles with the enemy continue near Novotoshkovskoye and Popasna.

The enemy attempts, supported by artillery, to launch an assault near the village of Marinka.

Charter97.org is broadcasting the 58th day of the war in Ukraine. One can follow developments in Ukraine on 21 April in our previous online stream.

Special broadcast by Ukraine 24 TV channel

23:24 A cool cartoon from the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, which is dedicated to Russian propagandists.

23:08 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the command post of the Russian troops in the Kherson region.

"We covered an advanced army-level command post in the Kherson region. It will be cooler than Chornobaivka. There were about 50 field Russian officers there. Their fate is not known, but I think it is sad. It has been exploding for a long time. This was a leading command post. It could be even so that one more army commander is added," said Oleksiy Arestovich.

22:52 US President Joe Biden called the battle for Kyiv "a historic victory for Ukraine."

In his address, the head of the White House announced new defense, economic and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, and also commented on the course of the war and expressed support for the Ukrainian people.

22:43 Ukrainians are returning home en masse for the Easter holidays. There are huge traffic jams at the exit from Poland to Ukraine.

22:29 Record holders with regard to the stolen property of Ukrainians among Russian looters:

22:17 In Zhytomyr today, 8,000 Easter cakes were consecrated for the warriors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

22:02 Ukrainian troops destroyed a column of Russian tanks in the Donbas.

21:36 Captured Russian pontoon bridge and howitzer MSTA-B.

21:32 The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has added Alexander Nevzorov to the list of foreign agents.

Former editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy Alexei Venediktov, and former head of the Navalny Headquarters Leonid Volkov were also recognized as foreign agents.

21:11 Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said that on Easter night from April 23 to 24, a curfew in the capital and the region will be in effect from 23:00 Saturday to 5:00 Sunday morning. That is, it will be reduced by one hour.

21:03 Kadyrov's tik tok fan saw a modern car with an anti-theft system for the first time in his life.

21:00 Gazprom may lose a third of its gas exports to Europe in 2022, Reuters reports.

20:48 The Amsterdam Trade Bank, a subsidiary of the Russian Alfa-Bank, which suffered from US sanctions, was declared bankrupt.

20:39 In Chernihiv, sappers-divers found and destroyed a super-powerful aerial bomb, which did not work when the Russian fascists dropped it on the Chernihiv bridge.

20:31 A 29-year-old woman from the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine was detained in the Kharkiv region on suspicion of working for the invaders. The SBU reports that basing on her coordinates, the Russian army corrected fire on educational, medical, commercial facilities and residential areas of Kharkiv. During the search, a significant amount of money in rubles was found at the detainee's.

20:20 At the beginning of next week, the European Union plans to introduce the sixth package of sanctions against Russia. It is reported by Politico, citing unnamed diplomats.

The new sanctions package will likely include a "certain ban" on Russian oil imports, as well as cutting off new Russian banks from SWIFT.

20:08 Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu announced that he would allocate $3 million in assistance for the needs of Kyiv and an additional $5 million for the needs of 6 medical institutions in Ukraine. He made such a decision after a conversation with the mayor of the capital, Vitaliy Klitschko.

19:46 Ukrposhta has announced the release of the second stamp of the popular series - "Russian warship.. FINISHED" or "Russian Warship... DONE". The circulation of this brand will be 5 million copies. The release is scheduled for May.

19:40 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have smashed a column of Russian equipment and are dismantling it for trophies.

19:23 Interrogation of a captured Russian platoon commander, who was detained by the Ukrainian military in the Izyum direction.

The soldier now readily cooperates with counterintelligence and talks about the positions of the Russian army.

19:04 Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov awarded Ukrainian soldiers with honors in the liberated village of Moshchuny, Kyiv region.

19:00 Kharkiv soldiers of the Troop Battalion are inspecting war trophies.

18:45 This photo shows the remains of the unit of the 64th Russian Motorized Rifle Brigade. It's the unit that was in Bucha.

The Kholodny Yar 93rd Specialized Rifle Brigade ruthlessly destroyed the enemy.

18:32 The leadership of the invaders does not even want to take the wounded from the battlefield — no one cares about their lives. And the losses are so great that the commanders are afraid to report real data to the top.

Russian captives tell about this when testifying for the SBU.

18:17 This is how the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine works.

18:02 A timely map of hostilities in Ukraine from the British Ministry of Defense.

17:53 According to the Times of India, today during a visit to India, the British authorities asked to replace the Russian-made Mi-17 helicopter with a Chinook helicopter to transport the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson.

17:34 "Canada will invest $500 million in additional military assistance to Ukraine. I provided an update on the next stages of Canadian military assistance and confirmed that we stand firmly on the side of Ukraine," Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said after a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov.

17:12 The moment the rocket hit the warehouses of the New Post near Kharkiv was caught on video.

17:00 Strelkov told how Russian generals reported to Putin about the possible development of events in eastern Ukraine:

"They, out of habit, as they have done for many years, reported not what is actually there, but what he wanted to hear."

16:54 Germany will donate a hundred armored tractors MAN HX81 to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

16:39 The Rapid Response Team of the National Guard of Ukraine shared a video of the destruction of Russian tanks.

16:36 The police visited the three-year-old Miron, who was injured during the shelling of Lviv by the Russian invaders. Patrolmen brought gifts and treats to the boy, and he cordially greeted the visitors and shared his innermost desire.

The boy's father continues to work as a policeman in Kharkiv. Mother and Miron left for Lviv, but even there they felt the consequences of a missile strike. As a result of the shelling of the city by the Russian fascists, the boy's finger was cut off by a piece of glass.

16:26 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published the moment of the destruction of the Russian drone.

16:15 The Sun has published photos of destroyed Russian equipment in the Belgorod region, not far from the Ukrainian border. The photo was taken by the Ukrainian military using the Aist drone. In the photo, you can count almost 60 pieces of equipment.

16:06 The United States has threatened China with serious consequences if it supports Russia, State Department spokesman Ned Price said.

Every responsible country in the world must clearly state to its own people, to the international community, which side it takes on fundamental issues, he said.

14:33 The Russian military in the Luhansk region shelled an evacuation school bus carrying residents. Despite the shelling, 25 people have been evacuated, including a wounded teenager, an infant and a woman with a disability.

14:27 Coffins have been brought to the military hospital in Simferopol.

14:21 First photo from the crash site of the AN-26 in Zaporizhzhia region.

14:17 France will provide Ukraine with 155mm Nexter CAESAR self-propelled artillery units.

14:15 Russian occupier's mother urges him to lay down arms.

14:06 Ukrainian Stugna anti-tank guided missile system destroys occupiers' equipment.

14:01 The map of hostilities in the south and east of Ukraine.

13:59 Russian occupiers deliberately do not release civilians who are on the territory of Azovstal plant in Mariupol. In this way, the enemy creates additional pressure on the city defenders in order to force them to surrender.

13:54 Ukrainian singer Nastya Kamenskikh and The Black Eyed Peas sang an anti-war anthem at the Latin American Music Awards.

13:51 The Church in Gostomel is on fire now.

13:45 FSB begins to cover Russian looters. A new intercept by the SSU says.

14:55 The Ukrainian Interior Ministry believes Putin did not meet with Shoygu but sat in front of the TV screen.

14:46 Destruction of enemy equipment by AFU forces caught on video.

14:41 According to Ukrainian intelligence, Putin will throw Rosgvardiya and FSB at Azovstal.

13:43 Mariupol mayor Vadym Boychenko tells how men are filtered in Mariupol: officials and civil servants are immediately sent to prison.

13:41 In Irpin, three Russian occupiers raped a woman and her daughter in the eyes of her sister

A 17-year-old girl has contacted a psychological hotline.

13:36 Ukrainian army fighters destroyed three occupier tanks near Izyum.

13:34 AFU destroys occupiers' equipment in Rubizhne.

13:33 A mine is washed ashore near Yuzhnoye, the Odessa region.

13:26 On 20 April, Ivan Bidniak, Ukrainian master of sports of international class in bullet shooting, died in battles with Russian invaders in the Kherson region. The famous athlete had a wife and a 6-year-old son.

13:15 Ukrayinska Pravda reports on the detention of Ukrainian MP Hryhoriy Surkis, brother of Dynamo Kyiv owner Ihor Surkis, at the Krakivets checkpoint.

13:08 Russian cruise missiles flew over South Ukraine NPP on 16 April.

13:01 Volunteers from Kalinouski's battalion prepare for combat. Video shows training with an American RPG-7.\

12:50 AFU fighters tell how they struck at a cluster of Russian equipment between Balakleya and Izyum in the Kharkiv region. At the same time, the military sheres the progress and the nature of combat operations of the Russian occupation troops.

12:45 Austria will fine 50,000€ for anyone broadcasting video or news from Russia Today and Sputnik.

12:41 Kadyrov fighters have made another staged video about their "war" in Ukraine.

To shoot another video, Russian soldiers load a camera and show where to pull the rope.

12:34 Pope says his meeting with Patriarch Kirill in Jerusalem in June will not take place. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has publicly supported the war in Ukraine.

12:26 According to Ukrainian data, the Russians were only able to rescue 58 people from the sunken cruiser Moskva, the head of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, Danilov, has said.

12:22 The head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andriy Yermak, and former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul have unveiled a sanctions plan against the Putin and Lukashenka regimes. These include freezing bank assets in Belarus and Russia and recognizing these countries as sponsors of terrorism.

12:13 "Find a ring or earrings". A wife instructs her looter husband.

12:11 Authorities in the Zaporizhzhia region say one person dead and two injured in crash of Ukrainian An-26.

12:05 Australia announces new sanctions against Russia

This time, 144 members of the Russian Federation Council and Putin's daughters Katerina Tikhonova and Maria Vorontsova have been sanctioned.

12:00 Ukrainian army soldiers destroy three Solntepek systems and one air defence system in the Kharkiv region.

11:55 The Ukrainian Defence Ministry suggests writing the word "Russia" not just with a small letter, but with a very small "r".

11:46 This is how Azovstal in Mariupol looks. It is an outpost of the Ukrainian defenders of the city. Despite Putin's claims that there is no point in storming the industrial zone, Russian troops are striking at it.

11:40 A criminal case has been opened against Russian journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza over "fakes" about the army.

11:29 A Russian tank in Mariupol was blown up immediately after it fired a shot.

11:26 The Russian command has officially named the objectives of the second phase of the special operation: control of Donbas, creation of a land corridor to Crimea, control of Ukraine's south and access to Transnistria.

11:16 Terrorist and former FSB officer Igor Strelkov-Girkin has confirmed earlier reports that everyone is being mobilized indiscriminately in the so-called "LPR".

11:14 The occupier reveals that the Russian army has practically no equipment left.

11:11 A Belarusian volunteer with the call sign "Knight" from Kalinouski's battalion reveals why he decided to fight for Ukraine's freedom.

11:03 Investors prepare lawsuits in anticipation of Russia's default, Reuters reports.

10:53 The Uzbek embassy has returned from Lviv to Kyiv.

Representatives of the EU, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, the Vatican, Moldova, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan have also returned to the Ukrainian capital.

10:49 Swedish hygiene products company Essity is leaving Russia. It owns the Zewa, Libresse, Leukoplast and Tork brands.

10:37 The sunken Russian cruiser Moskva has become the property of Ukraine and museum exhibit No 2064.

10:26 Ukrainian air defence destroyed 15 air targets of Russian occupiers on 21 April.

10:19 Video of Ukrainian Smerch destroying occupiers in Chornobaivka was published by Anton Gerashchenko, advisor to the Ukrainian Interior Minister.

10:16 An-26 aircraft carrying out a technical flight crashed this morning in the Zaporizhzhia region.

10:14 The cruise missiles used by Russia have a 1977 navigation system, according to the Ukrainian SID.

10:07 The EU may impose an embargo on oil imports from Russia as early as in the coming weeks.

10:05 Burning hospital in Liman, located in the Donetsk region. Occupiers deliberately destroy civilian facilities.

10:00 Ukrainian drone monitors the destruction of Russian occupiers.

9:57 Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council head Danilov: Medvedchuk is now testifying, telling everything that happened, who he worked with, how he made money.

9:53 "There are 17 left out of 52 of us, the boys are upset". The Russian occupiers are demoralized.

9:44 The AFU General Staff has published new data on the occupiers' losses since the first day of the war.

9:43 Over the last 24 hours, 42 settlements have been occupied by Russian troops, said Assistant Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Olena Simonenko.

9:39 "If we don't get rid of the total Russification of the country now, we can have the same war with Russia in 10-30 years. It's a matter of our survival," the head of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, Oleksiy Danilov, said.

9:33 A great poem from a simple Ukrainian old lady.

9:25 How Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance adjusts artillery on the positions of the occupiers.

9:17 Ukraine already has more tanks than Russia, according to the Washington Post citing the Pentagon.

9:15 Simple arithmetic from the AFU. Every hour Ukrainian fighters destroy 17 occupiers.

9:07 Partisans have already destroyed about 100 occupiers in Melitopol, the mayor of the occupied city said.

8:55 Ukrainian fighter against the background of the destroyed Russian T-72B3.

8:48 Top Biden administration officials say they believe the next four weeks will determine the final outcome of Russia's war in Ukraine with long-term consequences that will affect the map of Europe for decades to come, The New York Times writes.

8:45 Ukraine expects to join the EU in 2024.

The country's Economy Minister Yulia Sviridenko said.

8:44 More than 594 children affected by Putin's aggression against Ukraine.

8:37 Putin's decision to block Azovstal likely points to a desire to stifle Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol and free up Russian forces for deployment elsewhere in eastern Ukraine, British intelligence says.

8:30 To prevent a disruption to mobilization, Russia closes entry and exit from Crimea.

8:23 Footage of the destruction of enemy artillery positions near Izyum.

8:19 "How did they leave you without a commander? I don't understand it at all!" An occupier complains to his mother that they have been abandoned.

8:17 Almost every corner in Bucha is now a crime scene, Human Rights Watch says.

8:13 Finland and Sweden intend to join NATO over war in Ukraine. An application may be submitted in the coming weeks.

8:07 Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, says the AFU and air defence have already shot down eight Russian air regiments.

8:05 One of the largest oil corporations, ExxonMobil, plans to completely withdraw from the Russian market.

8:04 In the Luhansk region, the Rascists are advancing in the directions of Rubizhne, Popasna, Novotoshkivske.

8:03 The AFU destroyed a Russian T-72 tank from Stugna near Gulyaypol.

8:02 Putin has failed to achieve his grand ambitions on the battlefield, US President Joe Biden says.

7:57 AFU lands Russian Orlan-10 UAV.

7:54 A torn-off tank head flew into a flat in Mariupol.

7:52 US appoints General Terry Wolf, formerly specialised in fighting ISIS terrorists, to coordinate military aid deliveries to Ukraine.

7:50 More than 200 Russians wounded and 50 more eliminated after encounter with AFU in eastern Ukraine. A battalion tactical group of the 136th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 58th Combined Forces of the Southern Military District, which was operating in the Kurakhov direction, has suffered significant losses in manpower

7:40 Ukrainian servicemen of the 54th separate mechanized brigade show how they destroy invaders in the Donetsk region.

23:59 Spring comes down to earth from the wings of a stork, heralding joy and happiness.

And here the brave bird has come to Ukrainian fighters.

23:44 Ukrainians, whom the whole world knows, send words of support to defenders of the homeland.

23:23 Ukraine now has more tanks than Russia - Washington Post.

As a result of 57 days of war, Russian occupiers have lost hundreds of pieces of equipment, while the AFU regularly receives aid from allied countries. As a result, the Ukrainian military now has more combat-ready tanks and armoured vehicles at its disposal than the enemy.

23:01 Forbes has calculated how much Russian billionaires have lost this year because of the sanctions.

In total, against the backdrop of restrictions, the top ten rich from Russia lost $108.5 billion. The total fortune of Russians on Forbes' global list decreased from $606.2 billion to $352.8 billion.